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Samuel Miller McDonald

Samuel Miller McDonald

Author of Progress, a book on the science and history of progress.

Geographer focusing on human ecology, macrohistory, and theory. 

Selected Writing

 

+ The Left Must Adapt or Die

https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/the-left-warming-planet/

+ Facing Up to the Climate Reckoning Ahead

https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/facing-up-climate-reckoning/

+ Is Nuclear Power Our Best Bet Against Climate Change? 

https://bostonreview.net/articles/is-nuclear-power-our-best-bet-against-climate-change/

+ The Green New Deal Can't Be Anything Like the New Deal 

https://newrepublic.com/article/153996/green-new-deal-cant-anything-like-new-deal

+ Climate Kings 

https://newrepublic.com/article/148861/climate-change-authoritarian-leaders

+ The Last Great Forests 

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/11/the-last-great-forests

+ The Climate Movement Needs More Creative Tactics 

https://newrepublic.com/article/155764/climate-movement-needs-creative-tactics

+ Empire of Same 

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/08/empire-of-same

+ Oil Age 

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/03/oil-age

+ Lifecycle of a Leaf 

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/08/lifecycle-of-a-leaf

 

+ The City of Tomorrow 

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/05/the-city-of-tomorrow-is-the-city-of-yesterday

 

Bifröst to Nowhere 

https://www.the-trouble.com/content/2018/7/31/bifrst-to-nowhere

+ Carbon Omissions 

https://thebaffler.com/latest/climate-omissions-miller-mcdonald

 

+ Collapse Despair 

http://epiloguemag.com/2020/01/collapse-despair/

 

+ What Must We Do to Live 

https://www.the-trouble.com/content/2018/10/14/what-must-we-do-to-live

+ Breaking Development 

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/02/breaking-development

+ Capitalism is Collectivist 

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/05/capitalism-is-collectivist

 

+ The Miracle Pipeline 

http://epiloguemag.com/2020/01/the-miracle-pipeline/

+ We can't let the coronavirus lead to a 9/11-style erosion of civil liberties 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/23/coronavirus-civil-liberties-authoritarian-measures

+ The Ministry for the Future or, Do Authors Dream of Electric Jeeps? 

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/01/the-ministry-for-the-future-or-do-authors-dream-of-electric-jeeps

+ How to Destroy a Story 

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/04/how-to-destroy-a-story

Interviews

 

+ on the revolutionary potential of good style

https://www.patreon.com/posts/can-love-of-be-w-82708942

+ on the political economy of energy  

https://www.acorrectionpodcast.com/phonyeconomy/ezzwfchks78nnjch6l7t8xklbtlhn5

+ on systems change 

https://95bfm.com/bcast/systems-change-with-samuel-miller-mcdonald-may-11-2020

+ on fighting climate disaster 

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-w6xcg-b6ab88

+ on ecological calamity 

https://currentaffairs.simplecast.com/episodes/preview-sam-miller-mcdonald-on-sam-miller-mcdonald-on-the-past-present-and-future-of-earth

Education

+ Doctor of Philosophy—Geography

University of Oxford

+ Master of Environmental Management

Yale University

+ Bachelor of Arts—Human Ecology

College of the Atlantic

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